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Photographer and Filmmaker dedicated to documenting the social, Cultural and political issues that define our times.

South Sudan
Joined July 2016
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☀️ Persistent dry conditions in Kapoeta East County are intensifying water scarcity for communities & livestock. 🚰 Through the @EUinSouthSudan-funded #PLACE project, FAO has handed over a multipurpose solar-powered #WaterBorehole, helping improve access to safe drinking water.
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Mary Yar once watched her fish spoil before reaching the market. Today, with FAO training & a cool box ❄️, she sells fresh fish, earns more & supports her children’s education 📚 This #UNDay, we celebrate how stronger fisheries 🎣 are creating jobs & transforming lives.
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From conflict & floods to thriving onion & tomato fields, Adwok Jud's journey shows how skills & opportunity can help families rebuild & prosper in #SouthSudan 👩🏾‍🌾 As we celebrate #UNDay, FAO joins the UN family 🤝 in highlighting the power of resilience.
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On #UNDay, we celebrate hope in action 🇺🇳💙 Through FAO support, Mary Nyakan from Rubkona transformed adversity into opportunity. With seeds 🌱 & climate-smart farming training, she now produces her own food & looks to the future with pride & hope. #UN81
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Thanks to a EUR 229 500 contribution from the people of #France, FAO will: 🎣 Build a sustainable fisheries value chain along the White Nile. 🌱 Diversify #Livelihoods & local economies. 🕊️ Create jobs for #Youth, strengthening social cohesion & improving security.
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On #WorldFoodDay2026, FAO joined farmers in Yambio, Western Equatoria, to celebrate the power of innovation in agriculture 🧑‍🌾🤝 With FAO support, farmers are boosting food production in one of South Sudan’s key agricultural regions, strengthening #FoodSecurity 🌾 #WFD2026
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Investing in infrastructure & strengthening local ownership! FAO & @mafs_ss handed over a fish market shed 🐟 solar-powered ice plant ❄️ & seed store 🌱to management committees in Bor South County, strengthening #FoodSecurity, #Livelihoods & local #EconomicGrowth.
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💡🌱 Innovating today means investing in tomorrow’s food security.  By investing in young people, embracing new technologies & supporting farmers, 🇸🇸 can build more resilient agri-food systems that nourish communities today & tomorrow.  #WorldFoodDay #WFD2026
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From crops 🌾 & livestock 🐄 to fisheries 🐟, FAO is showcasing South Sudan’s agri-food systems at #WorldFoodDay in Terekeka.  Exhibitions highlighted the importance of innovation & the role of youth & women in strengthening food security & nutrition & supporting livelihoods
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This #WorldFoodDay, FAO’s Representative a.i. in South Sudan, @DzvurumiFelix, calls for collective action 🤝 to empower young people 🧑‍🌾 & transform agri-food systems in South Sudan.  Innovate today. Nourish tomorrow 💚  #WFD2026
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Beyond food & nutrition, #Livestock represent wealth, livelihoods & economic opportunity for South Sudan's pastoral communities. At Nyinanyar Cattle Camp, FAO & @SwissDevCoop engaged livestock keepers on improving productivity & strengthening market opportunities 🐄
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FAO & @mafs_ss have handed over a farmers' centre 🌾 & a covered fish market 🐟 to two communities in Magwi County. The facilities will improve access to innovations & technologies, seed & grain storage, help reduce food losses, & strengthen market linkages & income generation.
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Today, FAO & One Health partners join the world in celebrating #WorldRabiesDay 🐕💉 Under the theme #StrongerTogether 🤝, FAO supports dog-mediated rabies prevention & control through vaccination, protecting both people & animals towards the Zero by 2030 goal.
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Female-headed households in Twic County are rebuilding their #Livelihoods through goat & sheep restocking 🐐🐑 with funding from @EUinSouthSudan’s #PLACE Project & support from FAO. Boosting nutrition & diversifying incomes to strengthen women’s #Resilience to shocks 👩🏾‍🌾
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The National Min of Livestock & Fisheries & FAO launched @WorldBankGroup-funded the Resilient Livestock Sector Project in Terekeka County. Implemented by FAO, it will help agropastoralists improve 🐄 production & incomes while supporting a more inclusive & market-oriented sector
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In 2026, the #InternationalYearOfTheWomanFarmer, we celebrate Nyarek Yiel Reath of Biem Ruk Farmers Group, supported by FAO. She & fellow farmers turned flood-affected land into productive farmland, showing the vital contribution of women to #FoodSecurity & #Livelihoods 👩‍🌾
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🐟 In Bor, @mafs_ss, through the Resilient Agricultural Livelihoods Project – Additional Financing, implemented by FAO, is strengthening the #FisheriesValueChain. With support from @WorldBankGroup, improved fish processing is reducing losses & increasing quality & incomes 📈
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In partnership with @mafs_ss, FAO has handed over a multi-purpose farmers’ centre, demonstration garden & seed store to the community in Maridi County. Thanks to the @WorldBankGroup, these facilities will strengthen farmers’ skills, food production, & improve #FoodSecurity 📈
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"Our honey is in high demand. People trust its quality & prefer buying from our group." Natale, Nanzibi Beekeeping Group chariperson. With support from @EUinSouthSudan's #GRACE project, honey quality, sales & savings are growing 🐝🍯 Read more here 👉 shorturl.at/gjaFC
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FAO & @mafs_ss officially launched the #2026PlantingSeason in Renk County during Min Clement Juma's visit to FAO-supported projects 🤝🚜 Investing in agriculture empowers farmers & supports the #NationalAgricultureScheme - a vital step toward building a food-secure 🇸🇸
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